It’s the most fattening -- er, wonderful time of the year, Tartlets! It's COOKIE SEASON!
And, Pfeffernusse Sugar Cookies with Easy Marbled Icing are sure to impress all your guests this holiday season.
Why are Pfeffernusse Sugar Cookies with Easy Marbled Icing the book-inspired recipe for Decoding the Stars? Star-shaped cookies seemed an almost embarrassingly obvious choice for the book-inspired recipe for Decoding the Stars. Especially...
Tartlets, this is my last book-inspired recipe for the year! Can you believe it?
But I saved the best for last because these Spiced Walnut Cookies are my new favorite Christmas cookies. The book-inspired recipe for Christmas Charms was pretty much handed to me – a recipe for “Spiced Walnut Crust Cookies with Chocolate Ganache and Sea Salt” was included in the back of the book.
The combo of walnuts and holiday spices like cinnamon and...
These Peppermint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are bringing the Christmas spirit!
Because, is it even Christmas without cookies? And candy canes?? And chocolate???
I think not. Main character Lori in Aunt Dimity’s Christmas becomes obsessed with creating the perfect Christmas for her family, which includes a lot of cookie baking. Her favorite cookies are “Angel Cookies,” the recipe for which is in the back of the book. I was planning...
A new door into the World of Desserts has opened for me, thanks to Chocolate Orange Truffles. Say it with me: "Homemade chocolate." Sounds daunting, right? Like, sure, maybe you could do it, but only if you had way more time on your hands. Or, if you were a character in a Hallmark movie fleeing to Europe after a bad breakup. WRONG. Get ready to be amazed, Tartlets. Making Chocolate Orange Truffles is way easier than I ever thought candy-making...
It's just not Christmas if Jam Thumbprint Cookies aren't on my dessert table. Even though I didn't grow up baking these little cookies filled with fruity goodness, they've become a Christmas cookie staple in my home over the years. Which is why I think they're the perfect book-inspired recipe for Christmas Joy. Main character Joy spends hours baking dozens and dozens of cookies for her Aunt Ruby’s holiday house tour and annual Christmas Cookie...
There's nothing like gingerbread to give you all the Christmas feels. I had to make Gingerbread Cake as the book-inspired recipe for N0S4A2. Had to. Remember that creepy guy Bing? Yeah... he uses gingerbread-scented sevoflurane to gas his victims. Yes, that's a morbid connection, but aren't you used to that from me by now? C'mon. Let's try to forget about the "book-inspired" part of this post and just focus on the "recipe" for this delicious...
Wanna know a secret? Cinnamon Roll Cake was originally supposed to be, well...cinnamon rolls. This book-inspired recipe for Christmas Shopaholic was born out of a failed attempt to make Sticky Buns for another book review. Nothing goes as main character Becky plans on Christmas Day in Christmas Shopaholic, and Cinnamon Roll Cake fits right into that theme, making it the perfect recipe to pair with this book. Cinnamon Roll Cake is for those of...
We made it to December, Tartlets, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than with Christmas Spice Brownies. This book-inspired recipe for The Merriest Magnolia combines all the warm, seasonal flavors you expect to find during the holidays. Think decadent hot chocolate meets amaretto biscotti meets mulled wine spices. Yeah. YEAH. That's where I'm going with this. You with me? Of course you are. Christmas Spice Brownies are an homage...
With just a little over a week until Thanksgiving, these decadent Baked Brie Bites are coming at you just in time for the most delicious holiday of the year! I love a good baked brie, and it’s an appetizer that makes an appearance at our Thanksgiving table every year. Everyone loves that moment when you cut into the crispy, golden crust and that molten brie just oozes out, ready to be scooped up by some crackers or toast. The one problem with...
Move over, Cherry Coke, because Spruce Soda is my new favorite soft drink. You heard me. Spruce Soda. I admit, it doesn’t sound like a very Jane-ish book-inspired recipe for The Jane Austen Diet. But, it’s adapted from the recipe for Spruce Beer, which was a popular drink in Jane Austen’s time. Author Brian Kozlowski included the recipe for Summer Spruce Beer in The Jane Austen Diet, and I’ve made a modified version here. I also decided...
